Saugerties Board of Education seats won by Angie Minew, George Heidcamp, Florence Hyatt

SAUGERTIES, N.Y. - After the tallying of votes for write-in candidates, a former trustee won a seat on the Board of Education, along with an incumbent and a newcomer who appeared on the official ballot.

Newcomer Angie Minew received 985 votes to secure a seat on the board, while current President George Heidcamp received 797 votes. They were the only two candidates who appeared on the ballot for the three available seats.

Of the write-in candidates, former trustee Florence Hyatt received 571 votes to secure the third available seat.

Minew, Heidcamp and Hyatt will each serve a three-year term.

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Trailing in the election were additional write-in candidates, including: Michael MacIsaac who received 504 votes; current Trustee Robert Davies who received 204 votes; Vincent McLaughlin who received 15 votes; and Anthony Kordich who received 14 votes.

There were a number of other write-in candidates who failed to garner more than 10 votes each.

In addition to selecting Board of Education members, voters on Tuesday adopted a $55,882,331 budget for the coming fiscal year by a vote of 1,259 to 827. The budget will increase spending by $1,205,351, or 2.2 percent, over the current level of $54,676,980. It calls for $35,892,979 to be collected in property taxes, an increase of $698,226, or 1.98 percent, from the current tax levy of $35,194,753.